Maip macrothorax - Ark's Endgame Megaraptor - Final Revision for Scorched Earth

[Jurassic]

Ark Maip Dossier and Render done by KasparHen

Disclaimer

Hello everyone! I'm back again with the Maip macrothorax, Ark's Endgame Megaraptor. After looking at some suggestions and comments, I tried to give it some things that would make it stand out more from the rest of Ark's carnivorous dinosaurs. I have changed its abilities, updated its dossier, gave it a unique taming method, and gave it new mechanics that help it fit in line with Scorched Earth. I now present to you all the revised version of Maip!

Basic Info

Common Name: Megaraptor/Maip

Species: Maip macrothorax

Time: Late Cretaceous

Diet: Carnivore

Temperament: Aggressive

Wild:

Maip macrothorax is a unique dinosaur from the mysterious megaraptoran clade of theropods. Known for their large, scythe like claws, these predators use them with deadly efficiency - capable of shredding through any target they set their gaze on. Due to this attribute, the Maip lives up to the name ‘shadow of death’.

After spending some time studying this dinosaur, I have discovered that Maip see wyverns as their natural competitor. As such, I have often witnessed many skirmishes between the two species. Due to this rivalry, Maip has evolved to be able to leap astonishing distances without sustaining massive injury. This allows them to be able to raid the nests of wyverns and help wipe out the competition.

Domesticated:

Once tamed, Maip can serve as a unique debuffer. It’s able to cripple creatures using a special slash. This attack can be used on any creature but where it truly excels is when it’s used on aerial creatures. When the attack connects, it’ll instantly drain all of the target’s stamina and force it to land. At this point, the creature will be unable to regenerate any stamina for a short period of time and will take increased damage from attacks.

I have witnessed tribes using Maip to more effectively combat wyverns. They do this by using the Maip’s superior agility to evade the wyvern’s breath attacks before proceeding to leap into the air and perform a slash so powerful it cripples the wyvern, forcing it to land.

Legends have been told of one survivor that owns a Maip that is able to embue its claw attacks with the effect of a wyvern. They say this was done by giving the Maip a wyvern talon.

Utility

Abilities:

Primary Attack:    - A simple bite attack that deals a decent amount of damage.

Secondary Attack:    - Pressing or holding down the corresponding button will have the Maip rapidly swipe its claws. Looking in a certain direction will cause the Maip to swipe its claws while turning to face that direction. This would work like the Sarco’s bite where it can turn while attacking.

Crippling Slash: [C]   – Upon pressing the corresponding button, Maip will leap forward and perform a powerful slash attack with both of its hands. This attack will inflict a new, unique debuff called “Crippling Wound.” This ability will cost stamina and go on a cooldown for 5-10 seconds after successfully being used. This is Maip’s most powerful attack.

By holding down the corresponding button, you’ll be able to charge up this ability and aim it. This would allow for much greater leaping distance, whether it be horizontally or vertically. This would specifically be used for helping Maip to reach flyers.

Crippling Wound – If used on a land or water creature, this debuff will decrease their movement speed, slowly drain their stamina, and cause them to take more damage from incoming attacks.

If used on an aerial creature, this debuff will instantly drain the flyer’s stamina and force them to land. At this point, the flyer will be unable to regenerate any stamina for a short period of time and will take more damage from incoming attacks. The flyer would also have decreased movement speed.

Jump: [Spacebar]   - Maip has the ability to jump upon pressing the corresponding button. If you hold the button down, Maip is able to do a super jump akin to the Reaper or Shadowmane.

Passive - Reduced Fall Damage - Maip takes little to no fall damage. It’s able to fall from great heights without sustaining much injury.

Aesthetic Roar: [Left-Ctrl]   - An aesthetic roar that looks and sounds cool.

 Scorched Earth Theme

After being on Scorched Earth for some time, Maip has grown to hate the presence of wyverns. In fact, it considers the wyverns as its natural enemy. Due to this, Maip has evolved to easily be able to raid the nest of wyverns and counter them. Utilizing its super jump, Maip is able to leap into the wyvern trenches and steal wyvern eggs.

When in the presence of wild/enemy/allied wyverns, Maip gains a 15-20% damage output and resistance buff.

Maip could also have the ability to use wyvern effects on its claw attacks. Let me explain how this would work. When you kill a wyvern, it drops a talon. Maip could have a special slot in its inventory that allows it to equip the wyvern talon. This would allow Maip to gain the effects of that wyvern. The effects of the wyvern talon would be applied to the Maip’s basic claw attack and its crippling slash ability.

 Fire Wyvern Talon: Maip’s claws are imbued with fire. Imbued with fire, the Maip would give targets the Enflamed debuff or a lesser version of the debuff that doesn’t burn away as much health. Its claws and horns would be red to visually indicate to players it has a fire talon equipped.

Lightning Wyvern Talon: Maip’s claws are imbued with electricity. Imbued with electricity, the Maip gains increased attack speed and the ability to stun its target. The stun would be akin to the Baryonyx. After the stun wears off, the target would have stun immunity for x amount of time before being able to be stunned again. Its claws and horns would be blue to visually indicate to players that it has a lightning talon equipped.

Poison Wyvern Talon: Maip’s claws are imbued with a corrosive acid. Imbued with this corrosive acid, the Maip’s attacks would cause the target’s torpidity to increase along with degrading armor. Its claws and horns would be green to visually indicate to players it has a poison talon equipped.

If this idea was implemented, it could be expanded upon to include the other wyverns. Unique talon drops would have to be made for those wyverns.

Roles

• Debuffer: With the ability to gain special properties when equipping wyvern talons, Maip has the potential to inflict multiple debuffs on opponents. It's also able to inflict a unique debuff, Crippling Wound. These debuffs can be used to a survivor's advantage by helping to weaken the enemy.
• Nest Raider: Due to its high maneuverability, reduced fall damage, and astonishing jump height, Maip is perfect for helping survivors to raid the nests of wyverns. It can assist them in more easily being able to obtain wyvern eggs.
• Anti-Flyer: Maip is able to forcefully land any flyer by using its Crippling Slash ability. This allows Maip to swiftly dispatch any pesky flyers.
• Wyvern Fighter: Able to effectively fend off and fight wyverns. Due to getting a 15-20% damage output and resistance buff when in the presence of wyverns, Maip is perfect for taking them down.
• Manticore Fighter: Since wyverns can be brought into the Manticore boss fight, Maip can be paired up with them to allow the dinosaur to gain its 15-20% damage output and resistance buff. This can help survivors defeat the Manticore as Maip will be dishing out more damage to the boss while also taking less damage from it.
• Guardian: Can be used to guard bases or slow moving transport tames. Its variety of attacks allow Maip to hold its own against most creatures. 
• Travel: A relatively quick and agile dinosaur, Maip is able to help survivors explore the vast wastelands of Scorched Earth. The dinosaur is able to protect their rider against the many threats that can be found out in the desert. 

Artwork done by DILONG

 Taming

To tame a Maip, you must first head into the wyvern trench and collect wyvern talons. You will get wyvern talons by killing wyverns. Once you have wyvern talons and find a Maip you want to tame, you must equip the wyvern talon into your 0 slot. The Maip will sense that you have a wyvern talon equipped and immediately proceed to hit you with a crippling slash. You must be able to tank the hit and survive. Upon hitting you, the Maip takes your wyvern talon and plays an animation where it becomes super angry.

You want to hop on the Maip while this animation is playing. At this point, you get taming progress on Maip by killing wyverns in the trench with it. The Maip will get the wyvern-related buffs while you’re riding on it. If you survive with it and kill enough wyverns, it will be tamed. Once tamed, and not equipped with a saddle, it'll have a timer before it knocks you off. This timer should give you enough time to get out of the wyvern trench.

Credit goes to TanukiiTricks in the comments for this idea. I liked it so much that I decided to implement it here into the main post.

 Ark Fear Evolved

Now you’re all probably wondering why there is a section involving Ark’s Halloween event here. Simple answer, the Dodowyvern. Since the Dodowyvern is something that spawns only on Scorched Earth and only comes around once a year, I thought it would be a fun little idea to add on a way Maip can benefit from it. What better way to fight the Dodowyvern than with a dinosaur that is built for countering wyverns. The crippling slash ability probably wouldn't be as effective on the Dodowyvern though, since it's a boss creature. I would probably make it to where hitting the Dodowyvern with the crippling slash ability would just grant the same effects as hitting a land creature with it. So, you wouldn't be able to instantly drain all of its stamina and force it to land.

Upon defeating the Dodowyvern, it will drop the Dodowyvern Mask Skin. It would be preferable if the Dodowyvern just dropped its own special trophy or something but it currently doesn’t have one. Anyways, you can offer Maip the Dodowyvern Mask Skin (or trophy if that gets made) to have it become the ultimate frenzy machine for a couple of minutes. Maip will play a special “powering up” animation of sorts when you give it the trophy of the Dodowyvern.

 Fury of the Dodowyvern: Upon offering Maip the trophy of the Dodowyvern, it will gain this buff. This buff allows the Maip’s claws to randomly swap between the effects of the fire wyvern, lightning wyvern, and poison wyvern after every use of a claw attack (this includes crippling slash). Along with this, the Maip will gain the 15-20% damage output and resistance buff regardless of if there’s any wyverns around or not. Maip and its rider will also be immune to the effects of wyvern breath attacks during the duration of the buff. The Maip's claws and horns would rapidly change between the colors of red, blue, and green to visually indicate to players it has this buff. The caveat to this is that it only lasts a few minutes. Feel free to run wild and make everyone flee in terror before this buff runs out!

Additional Information on the Real-life animal: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maip

Edited April 11, 2023 by Jurassic
Completely revised Maip. Updated Dossier, gave it new abilities and mechanics, gave it a unique taming method, and had it fit more in line with Scorched Earth. Also added a fun Fear Evolved idea. Added in a "Roles" section.

[D3mo]

This is a really unique creature. Love to see it in the game!

[DILONG]

Loving those speculative horns, I had started a Megaraptor concept for Ark a while back and it’s cool to see megaraptorans get some recognition. Here was the piece I had done, I had done the artwork for Titanoceratops instead and had it in the top 10. This was the alternative.

[Jurassic]

4 minutes ago, DILONG said:

Loving those speculative horns, I had started a Megaraptor concept for Ark a while back and it’s cool to see megaraptorans get some recognition. Here was the piece I had done, I had done the artwork for Titanoceratops instead and had it in the top 10. This was the alternative.

I absolutely love this! I really adored your Titanoceratops as well! Really glad to hear Megaraptor was one of your alternatives.

[kaprosuchus93]

Unpopular opinion here, but ARK DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER ENDGAME THEROPOD THAT'S JUST GIGA #3!

 

I don't know why people want just big theropods instead of thinking outside the box. Do many players just want big theropods cause they think Giga is the standard instead of something like Utility or Taming? Do people just want competition for the large theropod endgame role with the Giga?

 

Why can't people for once think outside the box and think of more creative uses for a megaraptor theropod rather than just endgame giga #3. Maybe instead of Maip being an endgame tame it could be an a bridge between the carnotaurus and allosaurus that acts as a lower tier rex. The size of the theropod would also be closer to other megaraptor theropods in my opinion (Again an unpopular opinion). I'm just tired of another large theropod that's just a rival to the Giga.

[TheAmazingPyro]

very good design and excellent drawing

[Jurassic]

Maip has now been updated with the addition of a new latch/pounce ability, edits to its other abilities, and given a unique mechanic tied to Scorched Earth's wyverns. 

[NerdyGremlin]

If this were to win, I would very much worry it would just be standard, large carnivore #13. 

 

I don't hate it and think it's pretty neat, but the potential problems prevent me from voting it very high for final voting process. That is if it makes the top 10. 

[loudplatipus]

[JellyFosh]

1 hour ago, kaprosuchus93 said:

Unpopular opinion here, but ARK DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER ENDGAME THEROPOD THAT'S JUST GIGA #3!

 

I don't know why people want just big theropods instead of thinking outside the box. Do many players just want big theropods cause they think Giga is the standard instead of something like Utility or Taming? Do people just want competition for the large theropod endgame role with the Giga?

 

Why can't people for once think outside the box and think of more creative uses for a megaraptor theropod rather than just endgame giga #3. Maybe instead of Maip being an endgame tame it could be an a bridge between the carnotaurus and allosaurus that acts as a lower tier rex. The size of the theropod would also be closer to other megaraptor theropods in my opinion (Again an unpopular opinion). I'm just tired of another large theropod that's just a rival to the Giga.

I agree, we do not need any more therapods!

[Kintyj]

Why not just call it Megaraptor way easier to remember.

[ashgcy]

I love this concept a lot, however I feel like what it has now is a bit much.

Either it should stick to having the original claw sharpening abilities from the earlier dossier, or it should have the new “utilising wyvern talons” ability. Otherwise it feels like a bit too much in terms of mechanics, and starts to lean towards the repeated trend of “OP because I want it to be”.

Either or, Megaraptorans are a severely underrepresented grouping so I’d love to see this in the game!

Edit: Great to see that feedback come to the suggestion! Really strengthens the concept and I'm excited to see this in the final round! 

Edited April 11, 2023 by ashgcy

[TyrannusDante]

dude i change my submmission 4 give you all the attention i support you until the end!  

Just as an additional suggestion!

wild: every time I saw in the arks, the corruption and the power of the element I thought to myself "this is too much power for a simple and egotistical human"... and apparently I wasn't the only creature who thought like this... .

Maip is probably the perfect creature to explain how biology and natural adaptation could defeat technology, this dinosaur is immune and can even increase its ability to regenerate when in contact with all kinds of derivatives of the element, this peculiar adaptation was caused because Its native prey was contaminated by element in the arks, resulting in a perfect assassin with the ability to kill not only normal creatures, also all kinds of tek creatures (even corrupted ones) in the ark.

even if someone tries to replicate or emulate the damaging perfection of this creature with... I don't know, some hypothetical species of perfect feliform mutated animal? he or she could never come close to the lethal perfection of this animal, it is simply magnificent in a terrifying way.

maip is not only a terrible predator for organisms derived from the element, it is also an incredible ambush predator of all kinds of creatures in this strange ecosystem, and with its powerful claws it can defeat almost all animals that face its ferocity, I had the opportunity to see one of this when it put its claws on its prey, and fortunately I kept my distance, even today, I am sure of one thing, when a maip try to hunting a human, it will achieve it without problems, unless the human has a corrosive weapon above like poison bombs.

Tamed: Taming a Maip isn't easy, you need to immobilize corrupted or non-organic/tek dinos to gain the loyalty of this mighty beast, it's quite dangerous to get too close to the specimen in the process, because you're not off the menu. of this creature, but the retribution is incredibly great, many tribes in the arks tame the beast so that it is almost immune to weapons and tek structures, this creature is just a future perfect destroyer, and all weapons derived from tek level are useless against this creature, its native ability, terrible damage, and incredible stamina, plus its ambush attack, make the Maip a perfect medium-high level predator, that could kill the most powerful animals in the arks and to face our own species with its absurd and powerful enhanced technology and yes... due to its incredible adaptation it also has a pretty good defense against attacks from elements such as firearms and ice

Model by: Paleogdy on Instagram

 

Aerosteon dossier by: Mammothor

Edited April 8, 2023 by TyrannusDante

[akosmc5]

Awesome suggestion, take my upvote.

I would absolutely love this creature in the game.

[Dominic]

Looks really solid! I think it'll fit the scorched Earth theme nicely. 

[StapDog]

As much as I like this idea I know there are too many medium sized theropods in the game. Examples: Carno ,Allo , Megalo, Baryonyx and the yuty. The abilities are original but maybe it would be more intresting if it was something else than an medium sized theropod.

 

[TSReaper]

^{kaprosuchus93, this is not a giga #3, Maip was no where near the size of a giga, it was more near the size of a carno ti the size of an allo, also, this creature is reserved a unique niche that seperates it from other therapods, as well as it being our first megaraptoran if it wins the vote, and comes to ark}

[loudplatipus]

i think for the Maip it would be cool if it had brow horns similar to a real life allo and feathers you would see on the head of a secretary bird. But so far i love this idea and im glad its #1.

 

[1Sonder]

5 hours ago, StapDog said:

As much as I like this idea I know there are too many medium sized theropods in the game. Examples: Carno ,Allo , Megalo, Baryonyx and the yuty. The abilities are original but maybe it would be more intresting if it was something else than an medium sized theropod.

 

If the abilities are original what does it matter if it comes on a carnivore or a herbivore? Either way, the devs can make it look distinctive from anything else.

[Xgaming08]

bro i wish ppl would stop making dinos then putting (DESERT VERSION) on it.  also we need something new, not another end game carnivore 

[TanukiiTricks]

I think scrapping all the previous abilities (Being a gatherer, having default claw buffs, etc) and keeping it as just a Wyvern killer (With the talon buffs, hating Wyverns, etc) it would make this creature very cool, unique and stand out more from other predators! :OO

A taming idea for this guy could be giving them one of the Wyvern Talons and then going out and killing the exact type of Wyvern with said Maip (If you give them a Fire Talon, you have to go out and kill only Fire Wyverns), after killing a certain amount of Wyverns and you both surviving, they would be tamed! ^^

[Jerryn]

Discussions about the number of carnivores, herbivores, insects, and other off-topic conversations can be taken to General chat.

The creature submissions are about discussing the create that is submitted, even if you don't like it.

Also, cross posting and slipping in mentions of your own submissions is, at a minimum rude, and will be removed.  Your submissions should be able to stand on their own merit.

[TyrannusDante]

1 hour ago, Jerryn said:

Discussions about the number of carnivores, herbivores, insects, and other off-topic conversations can be taken to General chat.

The creature submissions are about discussing the create that is submitted, even if you don't like it.

Also, cross posting and slipping in mentions of your own submissions is, at a minimum rude, and will be removed.  Your submissions should be able to stand on their own merit.

I agree with you and Im sorry about expose my arguments here but to many people in this submission try to demerit the idea and I’m pretty frustrated about that u u I just want to defend my and the point of view of many other people how love the animal, and right now I still seeing comments here  how say “theropod #1313224”  or things like that and honestly I’m tired of this kind of people, when I and to many others try just to support our point of view about this amazing animal and even with other submissions at least in my case, I try to be more respectfully and less aggressive about my point of view of them than many others here…. 

Edited April 9, 2023 by TyrannusDante

[KrystalWulf]

I really love the design and the idea, but I think it's too OP. 

[ILikeReptiles]

Add Argentavis talon(hp regeneration after a kill).